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The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday, saying that it had prepared a response to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's repeated questioning of why he was disqualified by the Supreme Court in the Panamagate verdict, started distributing pamphlets listing reasons for his ouster.

The pamphlets, titled "We will tell you why you were disqualified", were distributed by a private helicopter at Liaquat Bagh and nearby areas ahead of the gathering at Rawalpindi today.

You took advantage of your position [as PM] and looted taxpayers' money.

You built offshore companies in your children's name for money laundering.

You hid your wealth and assets from ECP, SECP, FBR and the public by lying on your documents.

You engaged in money laundering with help from Ishaq Dar and other dishonest government officials.

You cheated tax collecting authorities for 30 years.

You lied to the Parliament and public in your address about Panama leaks and tried to mislead court.

You and your children tried to mislead the joint investigation team and submitted fake documents.

You are not honest or truthful.

You had 15 months to come clean in front of the court and the public, but all you did was lie.

You were disqualified by five judges, not random people.

PTI local leaders had submitted an application to the district administration seeking permission to drop pamphlets in the city from a helicopter.

“The deputy commissioner was contacted for permission to drop pamphlets through aircraft/helicopter to advertise for the public meeting on Sunday morning,” PTI MPA Arif Abbasi had told Dawn.

Earlier on Sunday, PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry claimed that Sharif had attempted to mislead the public by distributing copies of his iqamah during his 'homecoming' rally.

He said that the PTI would, through the pamphlets, explain to the public the reasons behind the PML-N leader's disqualification.

The same reasons are also expected to be announced at the gathering at Liaquat Bagh today, which is being held by the PTI and the Awami Muslim League.

"We knew Nawaz Sharif would not be able to understand the [Supreme Court ruling] in English," he claimed. "We gave him time to get help from someone who could explain the verdict to him, but in the end we have no choice but to tell him the reasons behind his disqualification ourselves."

Nawaz riles up Lahore

On the fourth and last day of his 'homecoming' rally, which had set off from Islamabad on August 9, the former prime minister's caravan arrived in Lahore. "Have you accepted Nawaz Sharif's disqualification?" he asked supporters on Saturday night while making a brief stop at Shahdara.

"Everybody said they did not accept the [Supreme Court's] decision," he told the gathered crowd.

Later, during his address to the mammoth crowd at Data Darbar, he repeated his question. "You made me a prime minister, and five people — five people — disqualified me. Tell me, is their verdict acceptable to you?" he asked, to loud shouts of dissent.

“Those who disqualified me; are they qualified?” he asked and demanded accountability of all those who had sent packing the prime ministers in the past 70 years.

In order to do away with the existing system “plagued by virus”, Sharif vowed to give the country a new constitution.

“As long as the basic structure of this system does not change, Pakistan will continue to suffer. We will make sure that efforts to change the constitution begin right away.”

'Why was an ordinary citizen allowed to use state machinery'

PTI leader Andleeb Abbasi in a letter to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi criticised the government for allegedly using tax money to fund the ousted PM's 'homecoming' rally.

Andleeb observed that since he has been disqualified, Sharif is an ordinary citizen and is not entitled to use state machinery for personal gain. Yet, he stayed in the Punjab House on government expenditure, and was accompanied by police and Elite Forces on his way to Lahore.

The PTI leader claimed that the protocol provided to Sharif was against the orders of the Supreme Court, which had disqualified him for "being dishonest".

She demanded to know why Sharif's motorcade allegedly included 2,000 government officials and 700 motorbikes that were being paid for by taxpayers when he was no more than an ordinary citizen.

Andleeb reminded PM Abbasi that Sharif is also facing several corruption cases in the National Accountability Bureau.

She claimed that the Constitution gave her the right to question the government for alleged misuse of state funds, and demanded an answer from PM Abbasi within 21 days.

@SAEED MASOOD I can print 100k copies as i can afford it also. Our nation need to be educated. I am surprised that still people supporting corrupt.

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Blazing

Aug 13, 2017 04:41pm

@SAEED MASOOD - at least not the taxpayer!

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MA

Aug 13, 2017 04:47pm

I am not a PTI supporter, but one thing that IK has done is made common people aware of big politic games.

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Omar

Aug 13, 2017 04:54pm

@SAEED MASOOD this is educating the masses; telling them the truth. It doesn't matter what the source of financing is. At least PTI is not making use of the government machinery and taxpayer's money. It clearly mentions "The pamphlets, titled "We will tell you why you were disqualified", were distributed by a private helicopter"

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Pakman

Aug 13, 2017 04:57pm

@SAEED MASOOD coming from legit party funds. Unlike PML-N where you, I and the public fund each every poster, car and fuel, food, security the works.
Please participate in stopping corruption and stopping the corrupt.

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Fayzee

Aug 13, 2017 05:09pm

Good response but a bit late. They should have done this before MNS reached Lahore.

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Fatima

Aug 13, 2017 05:10pm

Hope this will help common person to understand the reasons of his disqualification. Good idea

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Ahsan Gul

Aug 13, 2017 05:11pm

Punjab cities need this information also. Thanks

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majid

Aug 13, 2017 05:11pm

@SAEED MASOOD kpk government

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Temur

Aug 13, 2017 05:17pm

@Usama This approch is successful in BY - ELECTIONS of last four and half years

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Malveros

Aug 13, 2017 05:22pm

PTI can continue with their jalsas. The billion tree scandal of KPK will be exposed in 2018.

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Kamran

Aug 13, 2017 05:26pm

@SAEED MASOOD
Don't ask this question as PTI guys will troll and humiliate you badly. As they don't have answer to this question that from where the money comes for all these lavish rallies and gathering every other week

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Ali

Aug 13, 2017 05:30pm

Great answers by PTI, now may be PML-N and so called can understand

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M.Ali khan from KSA

Aug 13, 2017 05:32pm

@SAEED MASOOD , ask government to investigate this one.

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kabeer

Aug 13, 2017 05:34pm

good response

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Ishaq Ahmad

Aug 13, 2017 05:45pm

@Fatima excellent

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IAB

Aug 13, 2017 05:56pm

@Last comment : Not really ....

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Khan baba

Aug 13, 2017 06:53pm

Excellent move by khan!

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my Comments

Aug 13, 2017 07:27pm

Some politicians, once voted into office to serve the nation, they start to misuse the power and start serving themselves and their friends. People of the country have many problems and it cannot afford self serving politicians. Country needs dedicated political leaders who attend assembly sessions regularly, discuss nations problems and find solutions. Electricity problem. medical problem. clean water problem, high unemployment problem, police performance problem, high crime rate problem. Member parliaments should not try to be royal family or build a family dynasty. Country needs true democracy.

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Aug 13, 2017 07:43pm

Let's forget all our personal and political differences and celebrate our 71 independence day with joy and best wishes. And do not forget all those 7 millions brave people who left their homes behind and lost their lives during the 1947 partition. I solute all those people and our security forces.

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Paindoo No.1

Aug 13, 2017 07:52pm

@Fatima But I will never understand it.

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Abdul Hannan

Aug 13, 2017 07:52pm

@SAEED MASOOD Me

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Tj

Aug 13, 2017 08:06pm

@SAEED MASOOD - educated people who see him as the only best option so far ..

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Sab se pehle pakistan

Aug 13, 2017 08:07pm

Great work PTI

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Arif

Aug 13, 2017 08:22pm

Election season is the on!

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Saad

Aug 13, 2017 08:39pm

@ Saeed Masood - printing is not very expensive but I believe all are not clean, what we need is lesser evil and I believe PTI fits the bill

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imran

Aug 13, 2017 08:42pm

Smart move

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Sajid

Aug 13, 2017 10:00pm

Excellent..thats the only way to educate Pakistani public..Good on u Imran Khan..

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izharulhaqadeeb

Aug 14, 2017 12:55am

In front of SC and JIT they did not answer correct things in correct perspective. References are speedily coming even then he will say, " I don't know " .

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syed & syed

Aug 14, 2017 01:26am

Nawaz Shareef questioned the eligibility of 5 SC judges. This amonts to contempt of court. Moreover no one asks the money and jewelry he collected for Mulk Bachao Scheme. Where this money went

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sukhera

Aug 14, 2017 03:55am

This is not what the supreme court verdicts reads. These charges are mere allegations and not proven. This is all politics to sway the people.

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Jaffer Jan

Aug 14, 2017 04:06am

With these answers to the question that you have been posing every where and claiming that you do not know why you were disqualified and claim your innocence, another march towards not telling the truth supported by your gang of boot licking corrupt followers. I hope now that you know the reason that have been haunting you, you will stop inquiring about matter of your disqualification!

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Nadeem

Aug 14, 2017 04:09am

@SAEED MASOOD Is this a conspiracy?? It's a good thing done by PTI to spread awareness!

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Ajaya k Dutt

Aug 14, 2017 07:04am

I am really surprised at the support of this pamphlet.

This pamphlet deserves to be denounced in court.

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Sarwat

Aug 14, 2017 08:12am

@SAEED MASOOD who ever but not government funds for sure.

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zain

Aug 14, 2017 02:58pm

pti good

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Hasan

Aug 14, 2017 03:12pm

Who so ever is financing PTI its definitely not the looted taxpayers money